Canberra : Children as young as 14 years of age will be charged as adults under new counter-terror laws introduced in Australia’s parliament on Thursday. Attorney-General, George Brandis said he expected the amendments to receive bipartisan support in both the lower and upper Houses, as they would serve to keep Australia’s anti-terror laws “as strong […]
SYDNEY Life on Earth is even older than we thought, Australian scientists said Thursday as they unveiled fossils dating back a staggering 3.7 billion years. The tiny structures – called stromatolites – were found in ancient rock along the edge of Greenland’s ice cap, and were 220 million years older than the previous record holders. […]
Perth : Hundreds of Australians have lined the streets of Brisbane to watch actors Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston film scenes for Thor: Ragnarok. Parts of the city have been transformed to look like New York – complete with yellow taxis and US police cars. The filmmakers have primarily worked in Gold Coast studios, but on […]
Sydney : A British man accused of murdering an Indonesian police officer has reportedly admitted to his lawyer that he fought with the dead man. David James Taylor, 33, and his Australian girlfriend Sara Connor, 45, have been detained in Bali over the death of Wayan Sudarsa. The policeman’s body was discovered at Kuta beach […]
Sydney : Australian MH370 search authorities are hopeful a wing part found in Tanzania will shed light on how the flight crashed, amid a lack of public information on debris found a year ago. As the underwater hunt far off Australia’s west coast draws to a close without any sign of the plane, there has […]